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Crocodile TearsFalse grief or fake tears to gain attentionRate it:

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tears of joyTo express general happiness through tears.Rate it:

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vale of tearsA symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).Rate it:

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"those who know the sea of god do not water their lives with tears."TearsRate it:

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burst into tearsto suddenly start weepingRate it:

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reduce someone to tearsTo cause to cryRate it:

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tears aren't very lubeyTears don't make very good lube.Rate it:

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two tears in a bucketused to express acceptance of misfortuneRate it:

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vent out one's blood, sweat and tearsA person's determination and hard work.Rate it:

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dry as a bonecompletely dry; totally dryRate it:

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dry as a dead dingo's dongerVery dry, extremely dry.Rate it:

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dry as a dead dingo's dongerVery thirsty.Rate it:

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home and dryHaving safely reached one's target.Rate it:

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keep one’s powder dryConserve one’s resources until they are needed; be ready to take action if necessaryRate it:

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leave someone high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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you drained me dryYour incessant and extended discussion, queries and theories have been so exuberant that I am exhausted.Rate it:

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leave somebody high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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bone-drytotally dry; without moisture.Rate it:

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dry outTo have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.Rate it:

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dry runA practice; a rehearsal.Rate it:

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dry eyeKeratoconjunctivitis sicca , an eye disease caused by decreased tear production.Rate it:

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bone dryCompletely dry; without any trace of moisture.Rate it:

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DRYAcronym of don't repeat yourself.Rate it:

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dry behind the earsSeasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.Rate it:

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dry eyeAn eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.Rate it:

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dry offTo become dry.Rate it:

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dry one's eyesTo cease crying.Rate it:

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dry outTo sober up; to cease to be drunk.Rate it:

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dry powderUsed other than as an idiom: see dry, powder.Rate it:

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dry powdercash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.Rate it:

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dry powderA powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fireRate it:

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dry rottimber decayRate it:

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dry upTo become dry; to lose water.Rate it:

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dry upTo stop talking, to forget what one was going to say.Rate it:

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dry upTo cease to exist; to disappearRate it:

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dry upTo deprive someone of.Rate it:

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dry upTo cause to become dry.Rate it:

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dry upTo manually dry dishesRate it:

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dry up and blow awayTo go away; to disappear.Rate it:

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hang out to dryTo abandon someone who is in need or in danger.Rate it:

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hang out to dryTo attach washing to a clothesline to dry.Rate it:

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high and drystrandedRate it:

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ink isn't dry onUsed to indicate that was just issued.Rate it:

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on the drytemporarily refraining from drinking alcoholRate it:

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dolorem in lacrimas effundereto find relief in tears.Rate it:

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cry me a riverAn admonishment, reminder, chiding, demand or ejaculation addressed to an individual whom evinces sadness. seemingly suffers disappointment, disillusionment, distress, and renders a general resentment toward the people in this world with a constant flow of tears.Rate it:

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je suis tout en nageI am in a thorough perspiration; I have not a dry thread on me.Rate it:

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hunger is a good sauce(dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.1854, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Vol. XXVI, Punch Publications Ltd., page 74:His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.Rate it:

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tear upTo shed tears.Rate it:

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à force de forger on devient forgeronPractice makes perfect; Drawn wells are seldom dry.Rate it:

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